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Aye.. in *that* point of the timeline ... Kyon is still ambivalent towards Haruhi. He doesn't *dislike* her but he spends most of his time annoyed by her antics and annoyed that everyone tiptoes around her.

But he *does* find her attractive (he said so right off the bat) and it wasn't like he washed his mouth out after kissing her. They just aren't quite that far in whatever their relationship will evolve to yet. Afterward, she thinks it was some wierd dream she's not sure how to react to (and he wishes it *were* a dream and doesn't want to talk about it).

The end of the school festival episode with Kyon and Haruhi shows how it has evolved since then.. and the the "day in the rain" episode ending shows how much farther their relationship has evolved. Yeah, its like watching glacial melt but its moving...

(again this is based purely on the anime... the novels take slightly different angles from what I have seen so far)

But he *does* find her attractive (he said so right off the bat) and it wasn't like he washed his mouth out after kissing her. They just aren't quite that far in whatever their relationship will evolve to yet. Afterward, she thinks it was some wierd dream she's not sure how to react to (and he wishes it *were* a dream and doesn't want to talk about it).

In fact... BOOK SPOILER

Spoiler:

He does somewhat find Haruhi more attractive than Mikuru!

This happens during the neverending loop of their summer vacation I think.. where Mikuru and Haruhi are so tired they just lean on each other and sleep. Kyon observes how, when Haruhi is quiet, there would be people who would think she was more attractive than Mikuru.. and he further reaffirms that a paragraph later by saying, "Yep, there would definitely be people who would say so." (Which is himself of course ;p)..

@arias: That's too bad its not in the anime .... that little sequence would have really helped the display of the evolution of the relationship in the anime. As it is, we have to rely on more subtle clues like his remarks about her in the bunny suit or just the way he looks at her in the latter parts of the timeline when she's happy and excited or wistful and quiet.

So which parts of the novel series did the anime cover? I tried looking through the various threads but couldn't find a clear answer.

At first I thought the anime only covered vol. 1, so I printed the fan translation for the prologue and ch. 1 of vol. 2. I quickly noticed that vol. 2 begins where ep 14 in the anime ends, which is of course not chronologically the last event in the anime. A look at these forums revealed that the anime did cover stuff from even later volumes also.

So the big question is: Which parts of the novels did the anime not cover? I'm slightly more interested in what happens after episode 9 than any possible events that should have happened in the anime timeline but were not included in it.

PS. Not begin able to create new threads in the Haruhi section is bloody annoying.

So which parts of the novel series did the anime cover? I tried looking through the various threads but couldn't find a clear answer.

At first I thought the anime only covered vol. 1, so I printed the fan translation for the prologue and ch. 1 of vol. 2. I quickly noticed that vol. 2 begins where ep 14 in the anime ends, which is of course not chronologically the last event in the anime. A look at these forums revealed that the anime did cover stuff from even later volumes also.

So the big question is: Which parts of the novels did the anime not cover? I'm slightly more interested in what happens after episode 9 than any possible events that should have happened in the anime timeline but were not included in it.

PS. Not begin able to create new threads in the Haruhi section is bloody annoying.

to sum things up...the anime covered novel 1, and took tiny bits and pieces from novel 2 (and possibly even from after novel 2, not sure at all about this one)

So which parts of the novel series did the anime cover? I tried looking through the various threads but couldn't find a clear answer.

At first I thought the anime only covered vol. 1, so I printed the fan translation for the prologue and ch. 1 of vol. 2. I quickly noticed that vol. 2 begins where ep 14 in the anime ends, which is of course not chronologically the last event in the anime. A look at these forums revealed that the anime did cover stuff from even later volumes also.

So the big question is: Which parts of the novels did the anime not cover? I'm slightly more interested in what happens after episode 9 than any possible events that should have happened in the anime timeline but were not included in it.

PS. Not begin able to create new threads in the Haruhi section is bloody annoying.

You are asking a difficult question, because only those who are absolutely up to date with the novels could answer this. (I don't think many, if any, of us are up to book 8, are we?)
What little I know...

Spoiler:

The production process of the entire Mikuru 00 was book 2.

Book three's story involving the bamboo was the only one not covered. This happened before episode 9, but vital to an event after episode 9.

Book 4 happened at Christmas time, an entire event linked to the bamboo story.

Book 5 has most story covered except for the mystery of the whole gang trapped in a blizzard on a mountain, just like Lone Island.

... And that's all I know. People who are more knowledgeable will probably start correcting my errors. (I am getting a Taiwanese copy of book 6 today)

You are asking a difficult question, because only those who are absolutely up to date with the novels could answer this. (I don't think many, if any, of us are up to book 8, are we?)
What little I know...

Spoiler:

The production process of the entire Mikuru 00 was book 2.

Book three's story involving the bamboo was the only one not covered. This happened before episode 9, but vital to an event after episode 9.

Book 4 happened at Christmas time, an entire event linked to the bamboo story.

Book 5 has most story covered except for the mystery of the whole gang trapped in a blizzard on a mountain, just like Lone Island.

... And that's all I know. People who are more knowledgeable will probably start correcting my errors. (I am getting a Taiwanese copy of book 6 today)

Ah, so it would be a good idea to read the bamboo story, book 4 and the mountain stories at least.

And though it is exclusive to the anime ... my understanding is that it was written by the novel's author and so you can probably take it for "canon" information about a snapshot "day in the life" that shows where relationship-wise the characters are at the end of the first season timeline.

ok.........
but still.... i still think it still looks like first novel's last chapter, about the last part where HaruhiXKyon? and the part where Kyon said about her pony tail? then lastly, he said about talking to her about aliens, time travellers and espers....

ok now I'm confused... do you mean the last episode of the series? or the episode that portrayed the last segment of the *timeline* (Someday in the Rain). Remember the series episodes are not in timeline order.

After the incident in the "almost got us a new universe" timeline (kiss & ponytail), he did tell her about everything (offscreen)... she said he was just pulling her leg but it gave her the idea for the student-movie's plot and who should play what role.